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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The souls of people who give away their wealth in charity, grow resplendent. This idea is effectively expressed in the following example in which clouds are used for a comparison.
“The clouds grow dark by receiving water from the seas gradually. But soon after the water falls down in the form of rain, the clouds grow white and bright. See the difference between the one who gives away and one who does not."
The duty of a grihastha (a house-holder) is to give charity. If a man who does not give charity is called a grihastha (a house-holder) then even birds should be called grihasthas because they too have houses (nests).
A noble person is he who gives the needy person what he needs by guessing his need even before he asks for it.
Somehow, the desires of the suppliants should be known and what they need should be given to them even before they ask for it. We should decry those who even after knowing the needs of the suppliants make them beg for them.
The best benefactor is he who gives what the suppliants desire even before they ask for it.
“He who renders help without being asked for it belongs to the highest class of ethical excellence. He who renders help after being asked belongs to the middle level and he who does not render help even after being asked for it belongs to the lowest moral level (In other words, he is the lowest of the low morally.)”
Abdur Rahiman Khan, under the pen-name 'Rahiman' has composed many couplets in Hindi of which the following is one: रहिमन ! वे नर मर चुके
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